I compiled the nfe as a MODULE so I could kldunload it and load up the nve -- if the patch didn't
work. So, I added if_nfe_load to my /boot/loader.conf. Following my plan, I ran kldunload
if_nfe... BUT! the module was automatically reloaded AND started to work properly. Hmmm.... here
is the tail of /var/log/messages: